Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 22, 2014 Share July 22, 2014 First time heard of this deadly plague.... Yahoo news: China 'seals off' town after man dies of bubonic plague A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said Tuesday. The 30,000 people living in Yumen in the northwestern province of Gansu are not being allowed to leave, and police at roadblocks on its perimeter are telling motorists to find alternative routes, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said. Other reports said that earlier this month the 38-year-old victim had found a dead marmot, a small furry animal which lives on grasslands and is related to the squirrel. He chopped it up to feed his dog but developed a fever the same day. He was taken to hospital after his condition worsened and died last Wednesday. "The city has enough rice, flour and oil to supply all its residents for up to one month," CCTV added. "Local residents and those in quarantine are all in stable condition." CCTV said authorities are not allowing anyone to leave, although a previous report by the China Daily newspaper said "four quarantine sectors" had been set up in the city. No further cases had been reported by Tuesday. Plague is categorised as a "Class A infectious disease" in China, a report by the official news agency Xinhua said, "the most serious under China's Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases". Bubonic plague is a bacterial infection best known for the "Black Death", a virulent epidemic of the disease that killed tens of millions of people in 14th century Europe. A more recent pandemic, the Modern Plague, began in China in the 1860s and reached Hong Kong by 1894, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says on its website. "Over the next 20 years, it spread to port cities around the world by rats on steamships," it says. "The pandemic caused approximately 10 million deaths." Primarily an animal illness, it is now extremely rare in humans. Modern antibiotics are effective in treating plague, the CDC says, but without prompt treatment it can cause serious illness or death. "Human plague infections continue to occur in the western United States, but significantly more cases occur in parts of Africa and Asia," it adds. Cases occasionally emerge in China. A villager who found a dead marmot and ate it with other residents of Litang in Sichuan province, in the southwest, died of the disease in September 2012, a newspaper run by the health ministry reported. Chinese media have not specified whether the latest victim's dog fell ill. link: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-seals-off-city-man-dies-bubonic-plague-102913437.html ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothiewabbit Supersonic July 22, 2014 Share July 22, 2014 At least there is effective treatment for it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pms 3rd Gear July 22, 2014 Share July 22, 2014 yah the 10 million death woke me up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evillusion Supersonic July 22, 2014 Share July 22, 2014 First time heard of this deadly plague.... Yahoo news: China 'seals off' town after man dies of bubonic plague A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said Tuesday. The 30,000 people living in Yumen in the northwestern province of Gansu are not being allowed to leave, and police at roadblocks on its perimeter are telling motorists to find alternative routes, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said. Other reports said that earlier this month the 38-year-old victim had found a dead marmot, a small furry animal which lives on grasslands and is related to the squirrel. He chopped it up to feed his dog but developed a fever the same day. He was taken to hospital after his condition worsened and died last Wednesday. "The city has enough rice, flour and oil to supply all its residents for up to one month," CCTV added. "Local residents and those in quarantine are all in stable condition." CCTV said authorities are not allowing anyone to leave, although a previous report by the China Daily newspaper said "four quarantine sectors" had been set up in the city. No further cases had been reported by Tuesday. Plague is categorised as a "Class A infectious disease" in China, a report by the official news agency Xinhua said, "the most serious under China's Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases". Bubonic plague is a bacterial infection best known for the "Black Death", a virulent epidemic of the disease that killed tens of millions of people in 14th century Europe. A more recent pandemic, the Modern Plague, began in China in the 1860s and reached Hong Kong by 1894, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says on its website. "Over the next 20 years, it spread to port cities around the world by rats on steamships," it says. "The pandemic caused approximately 10 million deaths." Primarily an animal illness, it is now extremely rare in humans. Modern antibiotics are effective in treating plague, the CDC says, but without prompt treatment it can cause serious illness or death. "Human plague infections continue to occur in the western United States, but significantly more cases occur in parts of Africa and Asia," it adds. Cases occasionally emerge in China. A villager who found a dead marmot and ate it with other residents of Litang in Sichuan province, in the southwest, died of the disease in September 2012, a newspaper run by the health ministry reported. Chinese media have not specified whether the latest victim's dog fell ill. link: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-seals-off-city-man-dies-bubonic-plague-102913437.html The Black Death is historically infamous...they even had nursery rhymes for it....Ring a round the roses....A pocket full of.......Hope China can contain it before any major outbreak! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 22, 2014 Author Share July 22, 2014 (edited) The Black Death is historically infamous...they even had nursery rhymes for it....Ring a round the roses....A pocket full of....... Hope China can contain it before any major outbreak! Thats is a major problem in China, no meat goes to waste .... quote : "The 38-year-old victim had found a dead marmot, a small furry animal which lives on grasslands and is related to the squirrel. He chopped it up to feed his dog but developed a fever the same day." Did he eat also or never waste his hands after chopping up the dead marmot ? Edited July 22, 2014 by Picnic06 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 Excuse me while I go get a plague doctor's mask. They'd better keep this under control or goddamn it's going to be nuts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 Maybe is t virus but say is plague 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLZT 6th Gear July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 I thought it's common sense never to eat anything if you don't know the cause of its death. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evillusion Supersonic July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 Thats is a major problem in China, no meat goes to waste .... quote : "The 38-year-old victim had found a dead marmot, a small furry animal which lives on grasslands and is related to the squirrel. He chopped it up to feed his dog but developed a fever the same day." Did he eat also or never waste his hands after chopping up the dead marmot ? the parasite that spread the bubonic is passed through the fleas that feeds on the blood of rats/mammot or mammals! Bubonic plaque can never be eradicated as it lives in rodents and spread when fleas feast on the blood of these rodents and transmitted when this fleas bites and feed on human. I remembered Diego Buenel helping to control the population of marmot who is infected with the desease in Kazahkstan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 23, 2014 Author Share July 23, 2014 Excuse me while I go get a plague doctor's mask. They'd better keep this under control or goddamn it's going to be nuts. The real problems are, 'How many ppls in that town escape that sealed off' ..... When was the last time, China Health authority serious on things. Few thousand dead pigs can be dumpped into the river... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic July 23, 2014 Author Share July 23, 2014 the parasite that spread the bubonic is passed through the fleas that feeds on the blood of rats/mammot or mammals! Bubonic plaque can never be eradicated as it lives in rodents and spread when fleas feast on the blood of these rodents and transmitted when this fleas bites and feed on human. I remembered Diego Buenel helping to control the population of marmot who is infected with the desease in Kazahkstan. Hmmmm............. a small little 1mm size flea could kill a man .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evillusion Supersonic July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 Hmmmm............. a small little 1mm size flea could kill a man .... yup.....through infected blood. So its not airborne or waterborne. Thats why i dont like to have pets! Europe during the Blackdeath was dirty,full of rodents and corpse as the cities were overwhelmed by desease. Best is to keep clean and try to avoid pets and rodents! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolad 5th Gear July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 Thats is a major problem in China, no meat goes to waste .... quote : "The 38-year-old victim had found a dead marmot, a small furry animal which lives on grasslands and is related to the squirrel. He chopped it up to feed his dog but developed a fever the same day." Did he eat also or never waste his hands after chopping up the dead marmot ? Lucky already never bring to some "orh xim" food plants and get processed into "beef" or "pork" and distributed to restaurants.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolad 5th Gear July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 The real problems are, 'How many ppls in that town escape that sealed off' ..... When was the last time, China Health authority serious on things. Few thousand dead pigs can be dumpped into the river... Not to spook further...actually the pigs dumping in Shanghai was not the 1st incident... there will 2 previous bigger ones tat slipped pass international media... In fact... the authorities are so "orh" .... pple here dun really bat an eyelid liao... and bird flu is like an annual thing to them (every March-April sure have 1) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockngbrd Supersonic July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 Seal off China better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qpik Supercharged July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 I thought it's common sense never to eat anything if you don't know the cause of its death. Common sense extinct eons ago together w dinosaurs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sp4wn Turbocharged July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 see la, you can really find everything in china. including this kind of diseases! >< Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holdenutessv Turbocharged July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 Maybe is t virus but say is plague T virus? Siao liao ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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